Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire ; A salmon's belly, Helluo, was thy fate. The doctor call'd, declares all help too late. "Mercy' (cries Helluo) 'mercy on my soul! Is there no hope ?--Alas !—then bring the jowl.' 8' Odious! In woollen! "Twould a saint provoke' (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke). No-let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace, Wrap these cold limbs, and shade this lifeless face. One need not, sure, be ugly, though one's dead; And-Betty-give this cheek-a little-red.' "The courtier smooth, who forty years had shin'd An humble servant to all human kind, Just brought out this, when scarce his tongue could stir, 'If-where I'm going-I could-serve you, Sir.' 10' I give and I devise' (old Euclio said, And sigh'd) 'my lands and tenements to Ned.' 'Your money, Sir?'-'My money, Sir !-What—all ? Why-if I must-(then wept)-I give it Paul.' "The manor, Sir?''The manor-Hold!' (he cry'd) 'I cannot-must not part with that'—and died. "And you, brave Cobham! at your latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death. Such in that moment, as in all the past, 'O save my country, Heav'n !'— shall be your last. Pope. Ex. 38. 1. Lively narrative. 4. Humorous description. Yorkshire Angling. 2. Questioning and reply. 3. Affected ignorance. 1 It happened once, that a young Yorkshire clown, Who was as sharp, as sharp may be; After wand'ring far and wide, And seeing all the streets and squares, The Mansion-house, the Regent's Park, He saw the busy scene with mute surprise, At the loud clamour, and the monstrous fish, Who, with stretch'd mouth, as if to pant for breath, Said Andrew, Pray what name d'ye that fish call?' A flat you see-so something like yourself.' 'Why,' said the fellow, with a roguish grin, And then you'll know.' Why,' replied the wight, 'Agreed,' rejoined the man, and laugh'd delight. The dog no sooner felt the bite, Than off he ran, the fish still holding tight; Tyke safely got to Master Andrew's lodgings; Who, when the fisherman in a passion flew, Then laughing at the man, he went away, 16 'Whence, and what art thou, execrable shape! To yonder gates? Through them I mean to pass, Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons, And reckon'st thou thyself with spirits of Heav'n, Thy ling'ring, or with one stroke of this dart Milton. Ex. 40. The African Slave Trade. 1. Indignant statement. 2. Abhorrence. 3. Protest. 4. Denunciation. 5. Indignation rising into vehemence. It is now three years since the abominable traffic has ceased to be sanctioned by the law of the land; and, I thank God, I may therefore now indulge in expressing feelings towards it, which delicacy, rather to the law than the traffic, might, before that period, have rendered it proper to suppress. After a long and most unaccountable silence of the law on this head, which seemed to protect, by permitting, or at least by not prohibiting the traffic, it has now spoken out; and the veil which it appeared to interpose being now withdrawn, it is fit to let our indignation fall on those who still dare to trade in human flesh, not merely for the frauds of common smugglers, but for engaging in crimes of the deepest die ;2in crimes always most iniquitous, even when not illegal; but which are now as contrary to law as they have ever been to honesty and justice. I must protest loudly against the abuse of language, which allows such men to call themselves traders or merchants. It is not commerce, but crime, that they are driving. I too well know, and too highly respect that most honourable and useful pursuit, that commerce, whose province it is to humanise and pacify the world. So alien in its nature to violence and fraud, -so formed to flourish in peace and in honesty,-so inseparably connected with freedom, and goodwill, and fair dealing, I deem too high of it to endure that its name should, by a strange perversion, be prostituted to the use of men who live by treachery, rapine, torture, and murder! I spoke literally and advisedly; I meant to use no figurative phrase; and I know I was guilty of no exaggeration: I was speaking of the worst form of that crime. For ordinary murders there may even be some excuse. Revenge may have arisen from the excess of feelings honourable in themselves. A murder of hatred or cruelty, or mere bloodthirstiness, can only be imputed to a deprivation of reason; 5but here we have to do with cool, deliberate, mercenary murder! nay, worse than this; for the ruffians who go on the highway, or the pirates who infest the seas, at least expose their persons, and, by their courage, throw a kind of false glare over their crimes. But these wretches durst not do this; they employ others, as base as themselves, only that they are less cowardly: they set on men to rob and kill, in whose spoils they are willing to share, though not in their dangers. Traders, or merchants, do they presume to call themselves? and in cities like London and Liverpool, the very creations of honest trade? I, at length, will give them the right name, and call them cowardly suborners of piracy and mercenary murder! Brougham. Who, when the fisherman in a passion flew, Then laughing at the man, he went away, Anon. Ex. 39. Vehement and Impassioned. Satan and Death. 3. Threatening. 4. Disdainful 1. Angry questioning. 2. Resolution. defiance. 5. Lofty command and threatening. 16 Whence, and what art thou, execrable shape! To yonder gates? Through them I mean to pass, Who first broke peace in Heav'n, and faith, till then Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons, And reckon'st thou thyself with spirits of Heav'n, Ex. 40. Thy ling'ring, or with one stroke of this dart The African Slave Trade. Milton. 1. Indignant statement. 2. Abhorrence. 3. Protest. 4. Denunciation. 5. Indignation rising into vehemence. It is now three years since the abominable traffic has ceased to be sanctioned by the law of the land; and, I thank God, |